From Deamons to Angels....to deamons.

Well, as expected, the good behavior didn't last too long. My angel of a class were back to their usual selves of fighting, running around, singing, etc... But the good news is that I have such a creative mind that I was able to keep their attention for longer than 5 minutes. YEAH ME!!!

The trick...David Sedaris. He is a really funny writer that my friend Mandy introduced me to. He writes short stories or snippets from his own life. I chose a really short story from "Me Talk Pretty One Day" titled "Big Boy." Big Boy was the perfect story to outline the plot diagram of a story for our short story unit. (Yes, I am a slowly developing into a real teacher.)


The brief story line is as follows...David Sedaris is at an Easter dinner party at a friends house and excuses himself to use the restroom. Upon entering the bathroom he finds a huge turd in the toilet. Like any normal person he feels to urge to flush it down. But to his dismay, it is not going anywhere. But he cant be "that guy" so he tries again. No luck. And suddenly...someone knocks on the door wanting to use the restroom!! Panic ensues and he even considers throwing the turd out the window. But instead, he finds a plunger and breaks it up and gets that little bugger down the toilet. Finally he leaves the restroom and starts observing the suspects at the dinner party.

So, can you see why this kept the attention of my high schoolers? It is that gross humor that they love. You were young once, you know what it is like. It was a great feeling listening to all their giggles of enjoyment from reading the story. And I think they even learned something today. Again...YEAH ME!!